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Unity and Maturity in the Body of Christ
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
Unity in the Body
*I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
*I*, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.
There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;
[There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.
But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,
and *he* has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of *that* teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.
but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.
from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.
Instructions for Christian Living
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Living as Children of Light
This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,
This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,
They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,
Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed.
who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.
if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
[namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.
Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;